"For the Iranian authorities we have a simple message: Please let Dad come
home," said Kamran Foroughi on January 20, 2017. "Please let Dad live his
remaining days with his family and not die alone in Evin prison."

"Dad was granted medical leave (outside the hospital) on January 1 and we are
very grateful," he added. "However, he was told that he needs to go back to the
hospital for more tests."

"We remain extremely worried about his health," continued Kamran Foroughi. "Most
recently, we understand that Dad's lawyer was told by the Prosecutor's Office in
a meeting on January 7 that he would be released by January 12 on medical furlough (temporary
leave), but he is still in Evin."

Since 2014 in particular and despite President Hassan
Rouhani's encouragement of expatriate citizens to return to Iran, dual
citizens or Iranians with foreign residency status have been arrested with
increasing frequency by the Revolutionary Guards or agents of the Intelligence
Ministry and imprisoned for espionage-related charges with little or no
access to legal counsel.

Kamal Foroughi was arrested on May 5, 2011 by the Revolutionary Guards at his
apartment in Tehran and held in solitary confinement for 18 months in the
Revolutionary Guard-controlled Ward 2-A of Evin Prison, according to his son.
Judge Abolqasem Salavati of Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court eventually
sentenced him to seven years in prison for "espionage" and one year in prison
for "possession of alcoholic drinks at home." The latter sentence was ultimately
dropped.

"Dad has been eligible for release each of the last 1,100 days," said Kamran
Foroughi, citing Article 58 of Iran's Islamic Penal Code, which allows prisoners
to apply for early release after having served a third of their sentence.

"During these years, my father's lawyer filed more than 50 requests for my
father's release and the Tehran Prosecutor's Office gave a verbal pledge that he
would go free, but so far nothing has happened," Kamran Foroughi told the
Campaign in October 2016.

"His health is concerning," he added. "He was diagnosed about two months ago
with cataracts in each eye and needs an urgent operation that is very
straightforward, simple and quick to do at the hospital. When he was diagnosed,
the specialist said he would get the operation very soon, but he still hasn't
had it and we are worried that the longer they leave it, the more his eyesight
will deteriorate and the more he will be at risk for permanent blindness."

The Iranian Judiciary's ongoing imprisonment of
dual nationals contradicts Rouhani's
repeated calls for expatriates to return to Iran. The growing number of arrests
also reflects hardliners' efforts to prevent the engagement with the West that
the Rouhani administration has sought to encourage.

Iranian-British dual citizen Nazanin
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, sentenced to five years in prison in September 2016, has
been held since April 2016; Iranian-American businessman Siamak
Namazi, held since October 15, 2015 and his father, 80-year-old Bagher
Namazi, held since February 2016, have both been sentenced to ten years in
prison; Iranian-American Robin
(Reza) Shahini, held since July 2016; has been sentenced to 18 years in
prison, British-Iranian Roya
Saberi Nobakht, held since October 2013, has been sentenced to seven years;
and Iranian-Austrian dual citizen Kamran
Ghaderi, held since January 2016, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Iranian-born Swedish resident Ahmadreza
Jalali; held since April 2016; and Iranian-American Karan
Vafadari; held since July 2016, have not been sentenced yet.